[ST] Triumph: shaft driven

["David W. Funk" <dwf@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:58:19 -0800, don draper wrote:

> >>> when, o when is Triumph going to make a shaft driven
>sport-tourer? <<<
>
>    Hopefully never!... they're heavy, leak oil, and try to climb the
>bevel-gear under power, compressing the suspension just when you need
>the travel!  I'll be riding a BMW1150RT for the first half of May in
>the Pyrenees between Spain and France, but only because it was either
>that or a Harley (I have an XR1200 Harley). 

It sounds like you have not riden a modern shaft driven bike. You will be 
surprised at how little you notice the shaft when you ride the BMW 1150RT.
Shafts don't leak oil any more then Triumph's (Brit) bikes do.

David W. Funk
'94 BMW K75S + '00 Triumph Sprint ST
Pleasanton, CA





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